Fireball over Panama City, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
From my balcony on beach we became aware of a moving object in sky--like a moving fireball. It moved from west to east, diminishing in size while moving over the gulf. We also heard a bang coinciding at the time when the object was totally disappearing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114600). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-10-13 → 2014-10-30